Best DPS build

[Iris]

What is the best armor/weapon combo for nightmare difficulty DPS? currently using radiant armor with Beam Rifle and Swarm mod but is there a better combination?

[shobbs001]

maybe not better but i been doing good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GItC8I4sxqA

[ProxyJames]

get the stalker set, use weapons with one shot, 35% damage at all times.

[ProxyJames]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ehgJ29LPYw

[RamsesIICP]

Crossbow, Hunting Pistol, Slayer set is great. Learn not to miss your shots. :D

[JackieTheDemon]

Radiant Set

Ruin
SMG (hunter's mark)
Amulet: Leto's Amulet
Ring: Braided Thorns
Ring: Devouring Loop OR Jewel of the Black Sun

[JackieTheDemon]

Originally posted by Shurpy:

Radiant set with defiler & AR/beam rifle and gunslingers amulet is better for dps the SMG you have to reload too much for it to be worth it rings are good though but on mostly single target fights I would swap out braided thorns for Heart of the Wolf or Heartseeker

Originally posted by Deadweight:

Radiant Set

Ruin
SMG (hunter's mark)
Amulet: Leto's Amulet
Ring: Braided Thorns
Ring: Devouring Loop OR Jewel of the Black Sun

Heartseeker gives less DPS, Heart of the Wolf gives no DPS.
SMG is a secondary weapon.
Ruin has free revive with buffs and immunities and 10% crit chance.

[JackieTheDemon]

Originally posted by Shurpy:

you get no dps increase with braided thorns if you cant kill adds consistently during boss fights the crit damage is much better or more utility(heart of the wolf) already tested this ruin has a wasted effect essentially I never plan on dying it's a dps loss to do so having an AR or beam rifle in primary means you can keep your hunter's mark up much more consistently and defiler special is the most broken thing in the game especially against bosses

Originally posted by Deadweight:

Heartseeker gives less DPS, Heart of the Wolf gives no DPS.
SMG is a secondary weapon.
Ruin has free revive with buffs and immunities and 10% crit chance.

Not a single period in your entire statement.

Heart of the wolf is useless because Leto's Amulet, it offers no DPS benefits.

And what boss fight doesn't have adds you can kill? Adds are literally everywhere man.

You can put Hunter's Mark on SMG and keep it up.

[JackieTheDemon]

Originally posted by Shurpy:

there are a ton of situations where there is not enough add uptime to keep the buff and killing adds means less dps on the boss and leto's amulet is not that good gunslingers provides the most dps out of any amulet and if you're putting hunter's mark on your secondary with the ruin you wont be using the SMG means it charges much slower compared to if it was on the primary the weapon you're using the most

You actually sound insane.

Leto's amulet is pretty much required for heavy builds, it removes the fat roll and heavy stamina usage.

Gunslingers just increases fire rate by 10%, that's not significant. I'd rather be able to dodge effectively than shoot 10% faster.

Maybe I put Hunter's mark on my SMG because I use the SMG? The Radiant set is built around fast, consecutive hits.

[JackBaldy]

You two should play on the Nightmare difficulty together and see who comes out on top. :Popcorn:

[JackBaldy]

Originally posted by Shurpy:

there is no challenge only noobs use the Ruin because they die alot

Shots fired! Shots fired!

[LegacyDM]

I use the following:

Cultist gear
Beam gun
Storm amulet
Swarm
Hunters halo/hunters band/jewel of black sun/stone of balance - all depends on situation. Absolutely hunters band against bosses that have an easy weak spot like nightmare when his chest opens up.

Why not just use radiant like everyone else? Because I want to generate as much mod as quickly as possible to get swarm out, which does crazy Dps. I also need the light dodge roll and don’t want to sacrifice losing storm elemental damage in favor of letos amulet for beam gun.

[JackieTheDemon]

Originally posted by Shurpy:

not insane just I tested everything with the radiant build leto's amulet is NOT a requirement I've never used it and I've done fine on nightmare easily can do a full run in 2-3 hours with no roll issues doing more dps means less need to dodge and gunslingers is 10% firerate and reload time if you don't use it you will lose stacks reloading with the SMG (also tested) never had a single issue with the radiant roll just need to get used to it also defiler is much better than the SMG because every pellet counts towards stacks even the mod ability which makes it insane and a must have on the radiant build nothing compares to the dps of it go try it

Originally posted by Deadweight:

You actually sound insane.

Leto's amulet is pretty much required for heavy builds, it removes the fat roll and heavy stamina usage.

Gunslingers just increases fire rate by 10%, that's not significant. I'd rather be able to dodge effectively than shoot 10% faster.

Maybe I put Hunter's mark on my SMG because I use the SMG? The Radiant set is built around fast, consecutive hits.

Except you're using a utility ring, and a subpar amulet.
When you could be using a utility amulet, and a high DPS ring.

[BlowFish]

“Leto's amulet is pretty much required for heavy builds, it removes the fat roll and heavy stamina usage.”

This is a maximum possible DPS build thread though? Glass cannon is fine surely.

[ProxyJames]

ok the best higher damage per shot (and its kind of nuts atm) is
stalkers set = 35% damage after you reload, buff does not drop off
heartseeker ring = free crits and extra crit damage
hunters ring = extra weakpoint damage
gunslingers charm = faster reloads, rate of fire buff does not matter
Sniper Rifle/crossbow (crossbows projectile has travel time so it alerts guys rifle does not)
OR
any weapon that only has ONE ROUND in its magazine that you like
hunters Pistol

you will ONE SHOT most enemies and MELT most bosses

[Frosin]

Other then the broken bandit build...

I'm using

Long: AR (Turret / Seed Caller depend on situation)
Hand: Any thing that can carry a slot (Hunter Mark / SoS)
Cultist Set / Radiant Set / Bandit Set / Mix Set using set bonus that exist even on 1 piece...e.g. Akari
World Breaker / Guardian Axe
Neck: Soul Anchor
Ring 1 : Stone of Balance
Ring 2 : (Pretty flexible really) Black Sun / Wolf / Hunter's band / Braided etc

Then again I only play on NM nowaday, other build can be more useful in lower difficulty (e,g Stalker 1 shot build), NM does change things quite a fair bit.